Supreme Court of India

Nikhil Chandra Mondal v. State of West Bengal

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Reported as [2023] 2 S.C.R. 20
Bench B. R. Gavai and Sanjay Karol JJ.
Decided 3 March 2023

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Evidence – Extra-judicial Confession – Evidentiary va lue – Lady found murdered by a sharp cutting weapon – Dur ing investigation, revealed that the appellant-husband o f the deceased had confessed before the prosecution witness that he had mu rdered the deceased with the murder weapon at that very spot where the body of the deceased was found – However, the trial court found the evidence of the witnesses contradictory to each other and not trustworthy, and acquitted the appellant – In appeal, the Hi gh Court convicted and sentenced the appellant u/s. 302 – Interfere nce with – Held: Not

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